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    Justice Renee Pomerance gave Nathaniel Veltman four life sentences for the deaths of four members of the Afzaal family. She also delivered a life sentence for the attempted murder conviction of the Afzaal’s then nine-year-old son, bringing the total to five life sentences in prison.

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    Justice Renee Pomerance gave Nathaniel Veltman four life sentences for the deaths of four members of the Afzaal family. She also delivered a life sentence for the attempted murder conviction of the Afzaal’s then nine-year-old son, bringing the total to five life sentences in prison.

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    CITATION: R.v. Veltman, 2024 ONSC 1054 COURT FILE NO.: CR-21-0174 (London) DATE: 20240222 Delivered: Orally and in Writing February 22, 2024 ONTARIO. SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE, ee ) ) 15 MARTY THE IN } Bt entered eee a > gr sth nin ore, Cue ices d ‘Nathaniel Veltman ) Christopher Hicks and Peter Ketcheson, ) Counsel for the Offender Offender) ) ) reaper RC cee ee Fc ferme em Aca Sy et nec ere ete evening in London, Ontario, Neither they, nor anyone else, could have anticipated the terrible fate that avaited them. That same evening, the offender left his apartment withthe intention of finding and killing Muslims. He stopped shortly thereafter to put on combat {gear ~ a military-style helmet and bulletproof vest. He then drove his truck slong various ‘ity streets until he spied the Atzaal family standing alan intersection. He believed them to be Muslim based on the clothing that they ware. He drove by the family of five on the ‘opposite side of a four-lane boulevard, stopped, and then turned around to drive back towards them, He accelerated as he approached the intersection, He drove into the victims at full speed, without touching the brakes. He killed four members of the Afzal family ‘Talat Afeaal, Salman Afzal, Madia Salman and Yumnah Afzaal. The youngest ofthe Vietims, Fayez.Afzaal, was just nine years old. He miraculously survived the attack but ‘continues to suffer from physical and psychological injures a BI Page 2 This event sent ripples of fear and devastation throughout the London community and beyond. The offender did not know the vietims. He had never met them, He killed them, because they were Muslim. The offender was @ voracious consumer of extremist right- ‘wing intemet content, including content on the “dark web". He became obsessed with manifests written by other mass killers and videos depicting their crimes. Inspired by those individuals, the offender began planning a deadly attack against Muslims in March ‘of 2021. He bought a large truck and equipped it with a heavy grill guard. He tinted the ‘windows. He purchased combat geat. He researched the speeds at which a vehicle was ‘most likely to killa pedestrian. He put his plan into action when he encountered the Afzaal family. “He murdered four beloved members of the London community, and forever changed the life of the young boy who survive. On November 16, 2023, a jury found the offender guilty of four counts of frst degree ‘murder, and one count of attempted murder. In the wake of those verdicts, I must now Therefore, when hate-fucled violence is directed at some of us, it isa erime against all of us, It ears a the fabric of our society. Tagree withthe words of Madiha’s mother, Tabinda Bukhari, who offered the following words in a press conference after the verdicts: “this \was not just a erime against the Muslim community; this was an affront tothe safety and security ofall Canadians”: see Jane Sims, “Gasps, sobs of relief as Nathaniel Veltman convicted of first-degree murders” (16 November 2023), online: The London Free Press

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